I grew some beautiful Orenital Lilies last summer & a friend of mine told me that if I removed the first bud to show it would cause the plant to grow several additional buds. I have searched the internet for hours now with no info yet. Is this true? If so, can someone explain the proper procedure with as much detail as possible? I would hate to destroy these beautiful blooms in an effort to have more.
I have never seen, read or heard of that. In fact, some vandals removed the just-emerging-buds of all our Connecticut King several years ago - they never produced secondary buds, and we lost the flowers for that season.